Israel And Jerusalem Facts
1. Israel Became A State In 1312 B.c., Two Millennia
Before Islam;
2. Arab Refugees From Israel Began Calling Themselves
"palestinians" In 1967, Two Decades After (modern)
Israeli Statehood;
3. After Conquering The Land In 1272 B.c., Jews Ruled
It For A Thousand Years And Maintained A Continuous
Presence There For 3,300 Years;
4. The Only Arab Rule Following Conquest In 633 A.d.
Lasted Just 22 Years;
5. For Over 3,300 Years, Jerusalem Was The Jewish
Capital. It Was Never The Capital Of Any Arab Or
Muslim Entity. Even Under Jordanian Rule, (east)
Jerusalem Was Not Made The Capital, And No Arab Leader
Came To Visit It;
6. Jerusalem Is Mentioned Over 700 Times In The Bible,
But Not Once Is It Mentioned In The Qur'an;
7. King David Founded Jerusalem; Mohammed Never Set
Foot In It;
8. Jews Pray Facing Jerusalem; Muslims Face Mecca. If
They Are Between The Two Cities, Muslims Pray Facing
Mecca, With Their Backs To Jerusalem;
9. In 1948, Arab Leaders Urged Their People To Leave,
Promising To Cleanse The Land Of Jewish Presence. 68%
Of Them Fled Without Ever Setting Eyes On An Israeli
Soldier;
10. Virtually The Entire Jewish Population Of Muslim
Countries Had To Flee As The Result Of Violence And
Pogroms;
11. Some 630,000 Arabs Left Israel In 1948, While
Close To A Million Jews Were Forced To Leave The
Muslim Countries;
12. In Spite Of The Vast Territories At Their
Disposal, Arab Refugess Were Deliberately Prevented
From Assimilating Into Their Host Countries. Of 100
Million Refugees Following World War 2, They Are The
Only Group To Have Never Integrated With Their
Coreligionists. Most Of The Jewish Refugees From
Europe And Arab Lands Were Settled In Israel, A
Country No Larger Than New Jersey;
13. There Are 22 Muslim Countries, Not Counting
Palestine. There Is Only One Jewish State. Arabs
Started All Five Wars Against Israel, And Lost Every
One Of Them;
14. Fatah And Hamas Constitutions Still Call For The
Destruction Of Israel. Israel Ceded Most Of The West
Bank And All Of Gaza To The Palestinian Authority, And
Even Provided It With Arms;
15. During The Jordanian Occupation, Jewish Holy Sites
Were Vandalized And Were Off Limits To Jews. Under
Israeli Rule, All Muslim And Christian Holy Sites Are
Accessible To All Faiths;
16. Out Of 175 United Nations Security Council
Resolutions Up To 1990, 97 Were Against Israel; Out Of
690 General Assembly Resolutions, 429 Were Against
Israel;
17. The U.n. Was Silent When The Jordanians Destroyed
58 Synagogues In The Old City Of Jerusalem. It
Remained Silent While Jordan Systematically Desecrated
The Ancient Jewish Cemetery On The Mount Of Olives,
And It Remained Silent When Jordan Enforced Apartheid
Laws Preventing Jews From Accessing The Temple Mount
And Western Wall.